Location

Our Brazil Alumina operations are made up of a share in the country’s largest bauxite mine, a refinery and a smelter.

For nearly 40 years bauxite mining has been underway at the Mineracao Rio do Norte (MRN) mine, in Porto Trombetas, in northern Brazil.

Bauxite is the raw material for aluminum and our share of the ore produced at the MRN mine is supplied to our Alumar refinery and smelter in Sao Luis, northeastern Brazil, which has been operating since the mid-eighties.

Above and below ground

As one of the world’s largest producers of aluminium, we are involved in each stage of production, including bauxite mining, refining bauxite into alumina and smelting alumina into aluminium metal.

We have a 14.8 percent interest in the MRN mine, a 36 percent share of the Alumar alumina refinery and a 40 percent stake in the aluminium smelter.

Contact

Get in touch with Brazil Alumina

Christian Costa,

Christian has more than 21 years of experience working with BHP and South32, with roles across finance, commercial and business development in Brazil, Holland, the United States of America, Australia and Colombia. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and a Master of Business Administration from Duke University in the United States.